I’ve worn glasses most of my life and other than brief times I’ve had contacts I’ve never been able to really appreciate throwing on a pair of sunglasses. When I got my most recent pair of prescription glasses they came with magnetic clip-ons. Which worked great until the magnets yanked them out of my pocket and onto the metal frame of my car door and I promptly closed the door on them.<\/p>\n
Because that’s how I roll.<\/p>\n
At the sunglasses hut, however, I found some spring-loaded replacement clip-on sunglasses that fit well enough. I wore those for quite awhile until I lost them – so, back to the hut for more.<\/p>\n
I found the ones I needed – and perhaps the dorkist looking case – and went up to the counter. The transaction proceeded normally and I handed the clerk my card. She flipped over the card, glanced at the signature, and asked me for my middle initial.<\/p>\n
And my brain shut down.<\/p>\n
My initials are also my log-in at work. I’ve been here long enough I got a simple ID with no numbers – I was the first. And I type that set of initials over and over again throughout the day as I log into different applications. To the point where I don’t think about the individual letters – it’s just one entity.<\/p>\n
If given some thought, I can separate out these out again, but I didn’t think. I just blurted out the first letter – “A” – which is clearly not my middle initial.<\/p>\n
So, then she had to ask me for my ID – smugly. I handed it to her and with some petulance in my voice I told her that no one ever asks me that – and told her it was “W” once my brain started working again. She said she was just checking on me.<\/p>\n
Really.<\/p>\n
Because the first thing I would do if I stole a credit card would be to buy 12 dollar clip on sunglasses and a 2 dollar case. I’d skip the Oakleys for sure.<\/p>\n
Thanks for locking up my brain and embarrassing me.<\/p>\n
We finished the transaction and she mumbled something about a lifetime warranty.<\/p>\n
I was so cross I didn’t even wear them out of the store into the bright sunshine. The dark cloud over my head was enough to block the light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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